Toxic byproducts of Agent Orange continue to pollute Vietnam environment, study says. eurekalert.org. February 27, 2019. During the Vietnam War, United States aircraft sprayed more than 20 million gallons of herbicides, including dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, on the country’s rain forests, wetlands, and croplands. Agent Orange defoliated the thick jungle vegetation concealing Viet Cong fighters and destroyed […]

Vietnam veterans and agent orange exposure — new report. eurekalert.org. November 15, 2018. The committee that carried out the study and wrote the report, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018), focused on the scientific literature published between Sept. 30, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2017. Hypertension Upgraded in Latest Biennial Review of Research on Health […]

Melting Ice In Greenland Could Expose Serious Pollutants From Buried Army Base. By Christopher Joyce. npr.org. August 05, 2016. Buried below the ice sheet that covers most of Greenland, there’s an abandoned U.S. Army base. Camp Century had trucks, tunnels, even a nuclear reactor. Advertised as a research station, it was also a test site […]

Long-term health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs not as dire as perceived. eurekalert.org. August 11, 2016. Article highlights mismatch between public perception and decades of research on nearly 200,000 survivors and their children. The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties […]

Deadly chemical weapons, buried and lost, lurk under US soil.stripes.com. March 25, 2014.Yanking aside a tree branch, Jason Watson peered into a waterlogged trench. He pointed out discolored metal drums sunk halfway in the water. “Blister agents, choking agents, blood agents,” Watson said, listing the array of chemical weapons inside thousands of metal containers that […]

Skin Cancer Risk Seen in Vietnam Vets Exposed to Agent Orange. By Robert Preidt. nlm.nih.gov. February 07, 2014. Decades later, raised rates of non-melanoma disease reported in U.S. veterans exposed to the herbicide. U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange may be at increased risk for skin cancer, […]

War Veterans Fighting For Lung Disability Compensation After Toxic Exposures. By Matthew Mientka. medicaldaily.com.  November 10, 2013.As more veterans complain of lung problems, the Pentagon is reviewing medical policy to determine whether they should require mandatory lung testing during baseline medical evaluations. Following two long wars, thousands of veterans now say they’ve been exposed to […]

Toxicological trivia from 30/10/13: in trivia # 212  we referred to this pepper that is grown and eaten in India’s northeast. The scientific measurement of the hotness of chili, for example, Classic Tabasco sauce usually has been measured at 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units.  What will be the power of the Naga Jolokia:a) More than […]

Toxicological trivia from October 23, 2013: The Indian army believes that the pungency of its ground seeds of the bhut jolokia – a capsicum hybrid, growing around the banks of the Brahmaputra river, that is reputed to be 100 times hotter than a jalapeño – could be harnessed in smoke grenades against rioters or to […]

Local veteran to appear on CNN special.jdnews.com.By Hope Hodge. March 03, 2012.A local Army veteran will discuss his experience as a military science experiment during a CNN special that will air this weekend.The Daily News has published multiple reports about 63-year-old Jacksonville resident Frank Rochelle, one of six former “test vets” suing the Defense Department, […]

Local veteran to appear on CNN special.jdnews.com.By Hope Hodge. March 03, 2012.A local Army veteran will discuss his experience as a military science experiment during a CNN special that will air this weekend.The Daily News has published multiple reports about 63-year-old Jacksonville resident Frank Rochelle, one of six former “test vets” suing the Defense Department, […]

An Open Letter to Megyn Kelly: Let Us Pepper Spray You…For Journalism!.observer.com. Nov.23, 2011. Dear Megyn Kelly: Earlier this week on Bill O’Reilly you minimized the effects of the pepper spray used by police on UC Davis students. "It’s like a derivative of real pepper," you said. "It’s a food product essentially.”This comment, as you […]

An Open Letter to Megyn Kelly: Let Us Pepper Spray You…For Journalism!.observer.com. Nov.23, 2011. Dear Megyn Kelly: Earlier this week on Bill O’Reilly you minimized the effects of the pepper spray used by police on UC Davis students. "It’s like a derivative of real pepper," you said. "It’s a food product essentially.”This comment, as you […]

Four Polygamous Families with Congenital Birth Defects from Fallujah, Iraq. Samira Alaani, Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, Mohammad Tafash and Paola Manduca. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8. Abstract: Since 2003, congenital malformations have increased to account for 15% of all births in Fallujah, Iraq. Congenital heart defects have the highest incidence, followed by neural tube […]

Toxicological Trivia from June 09, 2010: In September 7, 1978, while he was waiting for a bus on a sidewalk in London, Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov felt a twinge in his leg. A few hours later he had fever and went into the hospital. After three days died. Medical examiners found in his leg […]

Delayed head and neck complications of sulphur mustard poisoning in Iranian veterans. Zojaji R, Balali-Mood M, Mirzadeh M, Saffari A, Maleki M. J Laryngol Otol 2009; DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109990260    AbstractObjective: Sulphur mustard is a chemical warfare agent which was used against Iranian combatants and civilians between 1983 and 1988. The purpose of this study was to […]